For completists only...

[Humphrey]

Wow - this is amazingly brilliant ! Thanks very much !

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ray_b2" <tressell@...> wrote:
>
> Having lurked for a long time here, I thought it was time to give
> something back to this wonderful community. I recently took delivery of
> a bunch of my old cassettes that had been in storage for many years, and
> have started digitizing them. They are nearly all partial Festive Fifty
> shows, so no huge surprises here, but to my aged ears these generally
> sound better than the copies currently available, and in some cases have
> many of the session tracks that preceded the countdown itself. I regret
> I have not updated the wiki with the contents.
> First up, FFs from 1980 to 1982. Where these are in two parts, the
> second is the FF itself. In some cases the first is assembled from two
> or more separately recorded segments - I was short on tape in those
> days, I guess, and not averse to liberal use of the pause button.
> 22/12/80: http://www.mediafire.com/?tmmmzjnyjzk
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?tmmmzjnyjzk>  23/12/80:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?25gwozwztjw
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?25gwozwztjw>  24/12/80:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?jzza43ozhln
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?jzza43ozhln>  29/12/80:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?mqamkilywtw
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?mqamkilywtw>  30/12/80:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?imgftnjnmfm
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?imgftnjnmfm>
> 23/12/81: http://www.mediafire.com/?zltmndvzjmt
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?zltmndvzjmt>  24/12/81:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?gnz2121jnnz
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?gnz2121jnnz>  28/12/81:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?unjvtnmmkw2
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?unjvtnmmkw2>  29/12/81:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?zm12kme5xdg
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?zm12kme5xdg>  30/12/81:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?yymmv1wwynl
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?yymmv1wwynl>
> 14/04/82: http://www.mediafire.com/?gl4zytejyzr
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?gl4zytejyzr>    [fragments only]15/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?x50ymtnzuko
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?x50ymtnzuko>  15/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?zrzgqmmktzj
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?zrzgqmmktzj>  16/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?jmwo5cwdmzj
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?jmwo5cwdmzj>  16/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?qtjh3ddizrw
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?qtjh3ddizrw>  20/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?zcddnzckw2m
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?zcddnzckw2m>  20/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?yuyynj3mwio
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?yuyynj3mwio>  21/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?2yny5hrt2f1
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?2yny5hrt2f1>  21/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?otznm1b3mmn
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?otznm1b3mmn>  22/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?njngznhmdd4
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?njngznhmdd4>  22/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?l0emyyumyhw
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?l0emyyumyhw>  23/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?yjtyd0jmmtv
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?yjtyd0jmmtv>  23/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?1jw4nkwmrgg
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?1jw4nkwmrgg>  27/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?zmyjuuimzgj
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?zmyjuuimzgj>  27/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?z1nnnyvyu2x
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?z1nnnyvyu2x>  28/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?ndodmmmzm0r
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?ndodmmmzm0r>  28/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?gul5lid5zgj
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?gul5lid5zgj>  29/12/82:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?njzyoyqqcvj
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?njzyoyqqcvj>  30/12/82 (1):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?3irhkmmdnzw
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?3irhkmmdnzw>  30/12/82 (2):
> http://www.mediafire.com/?wmdmgnotyut
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?wmdmgnotyut>
> I also present a couple of different copies of Peel's Pleasures shows
> from 1981 and 1982. The 1981 one features the legendary "The fleet's lit
> up" recording in its entirety. Someone with more time on their hands
> than I could probably edit these together with the copies already out
> there to reconstruct most of the original programmes.
> Peel's Pleasures:22/08/81: http://www.mediafire.com/?tgvftzy1r2n
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?tgvftzy1r2n>  14/08/82:
> http://www.mediafire.com/?onfuimjhn4n
> <http://www.mediafire.com/?onfuimjhn4n>
> All mp3s are 256k stereo (probably overkill for a 30-year iron oxide
> cassette source).
> Anyway, hope these are useful to someone. I've boosted the volume a
> little but otherwise not manipulated them in any way - all blemishes are
> original to the tapes themselves. I have more Festive Fifty tapes going
> up to 1990 in a similar style (gradually becoming more complete) if
> anyone would like to hear more.
> Ray
>